Wong Kar-Wai

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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer
Born:
1958 in Shanghai, China
Biography:While a product of the fertile Hong Kong filmmaking community of the '90s, writer/director "Wong Kar-Wai" did not traffic in the over-the-top action blowouts favored by the likes of "John Woo" and "Tsui Hark". Instead, his films took their inspiration from the seminal work of "Jean-Luc Godard" and the French New Wave, painting idiosyncratic and romantic tales of the young and disenfranchised uniquely representative of the myriad cultural influences which distinguish his native land.

Essentially, Wong restructured a sector of the entertainment genre that thrives on action in a way that would allow him to use its traditional themes in order to make art films, proving himself to be a rarity within the genre. Equally unique is Wong's bold style, which thrives on pixilated slow motion action scenes, distorted close-ups, and fight sequences shot from several disoriented angles.

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Ziyi Zhang and Wong Kar Wai at the Festival premiere in Cannes on May 24, 2006
Elei Suleiman, Ziyi Zhang, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Monica Bellucci and Wong Kar Wai at the...
Ziyi Zhang and Wong Kar Wai at the Festival premiere in Cannes on May 24, 2006
Ziyi Zhang and Wong Kar Wai at the Festival premiere in Cannes on May 24, 2006
Tim Burton, Elei Suleiman, Ziyi Zhang, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Monica Bellucci and Wong Kar Wai...
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Wong Kar Wai, Monica Bellucci and Tim Roth
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